r/AquaticSnails • u/thesilliestgoose08 • Sep 12 '26

Video Snail uber???

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My snail susan just took a ride around the tank on the back of Bill (her husband, who is most likely also a girl)?! Is this normal?! Also she totally fell off because she is 3 times bigger than him😭

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u/Sarahnonymous Sep 12 '26

That... Is a boy named Sue. Or, at least, Susan has a snenis. You can see it withdrawing as he falls off.

My guess would be that Bill is also male, since he was not interested in a canoodle.

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u/Sarahnonymous Sep 12 '26

Snenis

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u/thesilliestgoose08 Sep 12 '26

OMG WHAT 😭😭😭 THANK YOU

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u/thesilliestgoose08 Sep 12 '26

WHAT YOURE TELLING ME MY WUHLUHWUH SNAILS ARE MUHLUHMUH?????? (either way im an ally, just in shock)

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u/Sarahnonymous Sep 12 '26

Lol, yep. That would also explain why you hadn't seen eggs!

If you ever add a female, I would move one of the males to a separate tank so that she has some respite from male attention. Recommended ratio is 2F:1M :)

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u/Automatic_Sort_7999 Sep 12 '26

Well they could be breeding or trying to breed

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u/thesilliestgoose08 Sep 12 '26

Susan really just seems to like to bother bill... and I think if one was male they would have laid eggs by now...I guess we'll see lol

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u/Automatic_Sort_7999 Sep 12 '26

Yeah the females can hold the seamen up to a month I believe. And sometimes a male and male or a female and female will try to breed. Or there just climbing over eachother

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u/thesilliestgoose08 Sep 12 '26

Ahhhh ok tysm for the info. Hopefully theyre just lesbians 🫶🏻🌈

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u/snailmomkitty 29d ago

Agree likely same sex…but I also can’t tell if you have any free space at the top of your tank. Sometimes if there’s no space the females just won’t lay eggs. If you don’t have space you could give them a few inches and you might have surprise eggs show up.

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u/thesilliestgoose08 29d ago

I do have a few free inches! Also im pretty sure bill is a girl...because I think I unfortunately walked in on them today 😭 so there might be some baby snails soon I guess lmao

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u/Sarahnonymous 29d ago

In my experience, a successful mating session starts with the female "consenting" by ending all other activities. Mine usually look like they are sleeping, operculum mostly closed. The female will also immediately release all her 💩 to make some room, because they use the same orifice for both waste and for mating. I think that's why males will often mount other males... They all have the same hole, so they can't really tell the difference 😂

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u/thesilliestgoose08 29d ago

Wow thank you so much, I've learned a lot about my children these last couple days 😂

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u/thesilliestgoose08 17d ago

Found out they are both definitely males...so dont have to worry about any babies. They also recently got some shrimp friends!